[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 39]
A Kartemquin Films crew attends the opening of the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” on May 19th, 1994.
A Kartemquin Films crew attends the opening of the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” on May 19th, 1994.
Prior to the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings,” participating artist Fan Warren talks about her artistic influences, Black and Jewish relations, and her qualms with the Spertus show.
Othello Anderson—co-curator of the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” exhibition—talks to Kartemquin Films about a myriad of topics; including why he decided to participate in the show, his relationship with WWII physicist Dr. Lester Skaggs, and Black–Jewish relations.
In the second part of an interview with Kartemquin Films, artist Kerry James Marshall talks about the three pieces he is working on for the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s upcoming exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings.”
A Kartemquin Films crew visits artists John Rozelle and Kerry James Marshall in their respective studios prior to the Spertus Museum of Judiacia’s 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings,” an exhibition in which both artists are taking part.
In the final part of Kartemquin Films’ visit to Esther Parada’s studio, Jerry Blumenthal talks with her and Hamza Walker about their piece for the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s show, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings”, as well as their inspirations for the piece and their thoughts on Black–Jewish relations.
A Kartemquin Films crew led by Jerry Blumenthal take a look around artist Claire Wolf Krantz’s studio, focusing primarily on her most recent piece “Book of Life,” a commentary on Jewish–Black relations.
In an interview with Jerry Blumenthal as part of Kartemquin Films’ 1994 project “Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries,” artist Claire Wolf Krantz talks about her current project, race relations, and growing up as a Jewish-American woman in the mid-20th century.